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Workplace Gender Equality Agency

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is an Australian Government statutory agency charged with promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces. The Agency is responsible for administering the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Act). The Workplace Gender Equality Agency was formerly known as the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency. WGEA work […]

Seminar on Promoting Effective and Sustainable Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Gender Equality

The seminar will explore good practices and provide applicable suggestions on how to make the national gender equality machinery both more effective and sustainable in diverse and changing political, social and economic environments. Gender equality experts and policy makers from the EU-28, Eastern Partnership and IPA countries will be brought together at EIGE to present […]

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Maternity and paternity at work

Background The Maternity and paternity at work: Law and practice across the world report reviews national legislative provisions on maternity protection at work in 185 countries and territories (including leave, benefits, employment protection, health protection, breastfeeding arrangements at work and childcare), statistical coverage in law and in practice of paid maternity leave as well as […]

  • November 10, 2014
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Forced Sterilization

Table of Contents 1 About 2 Legislation 3 Historical Practices of Forced Sterilization 3.1 Nazi Eugenics 3.2 3.3 4 Forced Sterilization of women in 5 References 6 External Links About Forced sterilization refers to involuntary surgical sterilization, imposed by an individual or government body. The practice was more common in the first half of the […]

Supporting working parents: Pregnancy and return to work discrimination

Table of Contents 1 Supporting Working Parents: Pregnancy and Return to Work National Review 2 Methodology 3 Findings 4 Recommendations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Supporting Working Parents: Pregnancy and Return to Work National Review Supporting working parents: Pregnancy and return to work National Review is a national review of discrimination related […]

Observ’action : une nouvelle base de données thématique francophone sur l’égalité femme-homme

Rendre visibles les enjeux “genre et développement” en zone francophone Accompagnant la visibilisation croissante des questions de genre et la prise de conscience des enjeux liés à leur meilleure intégration dans le développement, un certain nombre de sites, dont celui de Genre en Action, diffusent aujourd’hui des contenus sur le genre en français. Néanmoins, si […]

The European Union’s commitments and actions for gender equality in development cooperation

Table of Contents 1 Gender equality and women’s empowerment is one of the five principles of EU’s development policy. 2 Financial Support 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Gender equality and women’s empowerment is one of the five principles of EU’s development policy. The EU pursues a twin-track approach on in development cooperation: […]

Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Present Condition 3 Inhibiting Factors 3.1 Gender 3.2 Poverty 3.3 Child mortality 3.4 Malnutrition 3.5 Child Labor 3.6 Child Marriage 4 International Gender Parity and Equality Protocols 4.1 Millennium Development Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education 4.2 Education for All 4.2.1 Goal 1 4.2.2 Goal 2 4.2.3 Goal 3 […]

Ripple Effect Images

Table of Contents 1 Ripple Effect Images 1.1 Mission 1.2 Projects 1.2.1 Effects of Climate Change on Women 1.3 Photographers 1.4 Photo Archive 1.5 See also 1.6 References 1.7 External links Ripple Effect Images Ripple Effect Images is a project started by Annie Griffiths, a prominent National Geographic photographer, to record the lives and stories […]

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